State legislators to Biden admin: Drop ISDS provisions in U.S. deals

A group of more than 300 state legislators is urging the Biden administration to drop investor-state dispute settlement provisions from U.S. trade and investment deals, arguing such rules threaten needed “policy space” to advance important objectives like maintaining high public health standards and creating clean energy jobs. The group’s Aug. 5 letter , addressed to President Biden and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, is the latest effort in a push to eliminate ISDS backed by many civil society groups and...